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Today's topics:

Linux Copy Fail kernel exploit - Security researchers revealed Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), a Linux kernel flaw enabling a controlled overwrite in page cache and potential root escalation without changing on-disk files.

Congress targets AI companions minors - The GUARD Act advanced unanimously, pushing age verification and banning AI “companion” chatbots for minors, reigniting debates on privacy, free speech, and online enforcement.

Big Tech ramps AI data centers - Wall Street forecasts now point to a multi-year AI infrastructure super-cycle, with hyperscaler capex projected toward the trillion-dollar range as data-center demand outpaces supply.

AI beats ER doctors in study - A Science study reports an OpenAI reasoning model outperformed experienced emergency physicians on diagnosis and management decisions using EHR text, fueling calls for real-world clinical trials.

Mozilla warns on browser Prompt API - Mozilla criticized Google’s Prompt API experiments in Chrome and Edge, warning that model-tied browser AI features risk interoperability issues, vendor lock-in, and new content-policy pressure.

Karpathy says coding turned agentic - Andrej Karpathy argues coding hit an “agentic inflection point,” where prompts and supervision become the new program—shifting hiring and product design toward evaluation and guardrails.

Developer tools rethink forges and bugs - Commentary across the developer ecosystem questions GitHub-style workflows and the dream of “zero bugs,” emphasizing better feedback loops, review ergonomics, and realism about tooling limits.

New speedups for searching arrays - New research suggests classic binary search can be beaten on modern CPUs by combining SIMD comparisons with smarter range narrowing—especially for small sorted arrays like bitmap containers.

Humanoid home robots enter production - Robotics firm 1X says it’s moving from prototypes to scale, starting full production of its humanoid home robot NEO in California—signaling faster iteration and broader deployment.

Biotech rewrites proteins and clotting - Two Nature and Science reports highlight synthetic biology advances: a 19–amino-acid ribosome strategy for redesigned organisms, and a rapid “click clotting” approach for emergency bleeding control.

Fiber-linked drones evade jamming - Hezbollah’s fiber-optic FPV drones, guided by a thin cable rather than radio, are reportedly injuring soldiers and challenging electronic defenses—an innovation spreading beyond Ukraine.

Netflix and Microsoft reshape entertainment - Netflix is rolling out a TikTok-like Clips discovery feed, while Microsoft expands a controller-friendly Xbox Mode across Win